All work and no play

January 13, 2008 – 7:51 pm

Work has been keeping me extra busy this past week (that means late nights). So stay tuned. Things should be back to normal very shortly.

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I twitter therefore I am

January 5, 2008 – 1:29 am

I guess it was only a matter of time.

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PHPRunner

January 4, 2008 – 3:52 am

Have you ever wanted to quickly test out a PHP function or block of code, but been annoyed at how long it takes to open up your editor, write the code, save the file, and then view it in your browser? (I’m assuming you have a local server for testing these sorts of things)

Well, I know I have, and that’s why I wrote PHPRunner. A test console for PHP that shortens the process to just two steps!

  1. Open PHPRunner
  2. Write the code

It’s that easy. PHPRunner does all the saving and displaying automagically.

PHPRunner is what you could call an early alpha. And it’s far from complete, but it does work, and I’ve found it quite useful.

Screenshot

PHPRunner

Requirements & Download

  • Windows XP or Vista
  • Local Web Server (with PHP)

Download PHPRunner Alpha (v0.1, last updated January 4, 2008)

Q & A

How did you make PHPRunner?
Python, wxPython, and py2exe.

Can I get the source code?
Maybe once I’ve cleaned it up a bit more I’ll release the code. But not right now.

Thanks

Special thanks to all the great developers of wxPython. Also thanks to my friend Brandon for his ideas and support.

Please let me know if you have any issues, problems, comments, etc.

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Happy New Year

January 1, 2008 – 11:43 pm

Happy new year to all my wonderful readers! I wish you all the very best for 2008.

I’ve had a couple resolutions on my mind these past few days, and one of them is daily blogging (perhaps with the exception of Sunday). I know, I know,  sounds a little over-ambitious. But I’m definitely not enjoying the whole once-a-month schedule, so things are going to change one way or the other.

 So, what’s your new years resolution?

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Helvetica Film

November 24, 2007 – 2:00 am

The Helvetica Film that I ordered a few months ago has finally arrived. Yay!

I’ve gone ahead and taken some photos of the DVD and included bonus items — pictures after the jump.

I’ll post up a brief review of the DVD when I’ve watched it.

[flash http://blog.hamstu.com/slideshows/helvetica/helvetica.swf]

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